Here's an explanation of what was going on in Hungary and why Ballmer had eggs thrown at him: "A Hungarian Government bid, worth $25B Hungarian Forints, roughly $157M was allegedly skewed towards MS.
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Amarok 2: Visual Changelog
Amarok multimedia player is one of the best programs of its kind not only for Linux but for any operating system nowadays. It has been created as a KDE component. Most people hoped to have Amarok 2.0 included in KDE 4.0, which hasn’t happened. It’s hard to predict if it finds its way into KDE 4.1 stable, but it’s still worth taking a look at the current progress of this great multimedia player.
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Ubuntu to announce its mobile Linux in June
Canonical will announce Netbook Remix, its version of Ubuntu Linux tailored for mobile devices, in two weeks, Chief Executive Mark Shuttleworth said.
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Review: Miro
Miro is a open-source cross-platform application, the program can read RSS feeds and it will let you download and manage the videos in those feeds.
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How to find files, using command line (locate)
Continuing reviewing some of my old posts, I found this one Examples of find command, now I want to show you a faster and easier way to find files.
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Free software helps Indian techies in many projects
Free software and open source tools are helping a range of Indian entrepreneurs to build software solutions that enhance the potential of computing for millions.
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EU to investigate Microsoft file format support
A new plan by Microsoft to allow its Office software to save and edit files in a rival format will face a probe by the European Commission.
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emacs lisp manual available for download
"...This html version differs from GNU's online version in that all html has been reworked so they are valid HTML 4.01 strict. CSS has also been cleaned and enhanced..."
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Linux opens London's Oyster
Open-source software helped London's Oyster card system move past a proprietary roadblock, an open-source conference in London was told last week.
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50 Awesome Open Source Resources for Online Writers
With the popularity of blogging and online journals, writers working in the online realm have a growing number of opportunities all the time to practice and refine their craft, and maybe even get paid for it. And if you're working online, why not take advantage of all the opportunities to get great free and open source resources that can help you to write, edit and organize your work?
Read more »Become A System Rescue Guru With Linux, Part 2
Last week we learned how to rescue a failing hard drive by copying files to a second local hard drive. You can also copy files over the network, which is useful for nearly any problem, whether it's software or hardware. You need a second PC running sshd. Suppose the second PC is named filestore. Boot SystemRescueCD on the sick computer, then use the scp command to copy your important files
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Digium Lines Up 250 Channel Partners for Asterisk
A quiet revolution continues at Digium, the poster child for Asterisk — the open source IP PBX platform. Many open source companies struggle to line up resellers and solutions providers because, frankly, it’s unclear how to profit from open source. But in Digium’s case, more than 250 partners are banging on the company’s door because Digium really has built a better mouse trap.
Read more »Bash Process Substitution
In addition to the fairly common forms of input/output redirection the shell recognizes something called process substitution. Although not documented as a form of input/output redirection, its syntax and its effects are similar.
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Online Storage with Wuala
At it's most basic level, Wuala is an online storage service. Like other services it aims to allow you to access your files from anywhere, even if your home or office computer is turned off. You can store any file in your Wuala 'drive' and they can be any size (up to your storage limit, of course).
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X.Org 7.4 Creeps Closer To Release
Earlier this month we had shared the progress of X.Org 7.4 with the features slated to be included in this next X release, what features have been postponed, and the repeated delays that always seem to plague the X.Org development community. Since then there still has yet to be any official update on its status, but the Wiki continues to claim a May 2008 release.
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